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Everyone in the family seems to have their favourite Alexa feature.

THE MOM SCENE: Make way for our new overlord

Wild blueberries make a healthy snack and are known to reduce inflammation.

SKIN DEEP: Smart snack choices for skin health

If I Had a Million Collars, a Nova Scotia company, will be designing collars for Greyhound Pets of Atlantic Canada’s Red Collar Project. - If I Had a Million Collars

RECYCLED LOVE: Nova Scotia company designing collars for retiring ...

What says “I love you” more than a homemade cookie?

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?: Recipe for a trip down memory lane

Shown is the first living, wild, adult Atlantic whitefish seen since 2014. -Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation

THE ENDANGERED PERSPECTIVE: All is not lost for the Atlantic whitefish

READ, WRITE, SPEAK: Deciphering the alphabetic code

The alphabet is a code, in that letters, or combinations of letters, are used to represent speech sounds.

SEE CLEAR: Be sure to travel with good vision

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FINANCIAL FOCUS: How to protect and preserve your financial estate

Mike and Allison Lyndsa are co-owners of The Lynds Den health and fitness centre in Bridgewater.

HEALTHY LIVING: How to avoid those ‘gym germs’

Need for Speed P1 A1

Bent steel and broken lives: why do we drive too fast?

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People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers facing layoffs

Updated 13 hours ago

['Telegram file photo<br />Philip Pynn is shown in court.']

Convicted killer Philip Pynn released to Nova Scotia halfway house

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Chey and Sarah Swinamer carry signs on the Annapolis Royal causeway Jan. 10 with the tidal power dam facility seen in the background. They led a protest of about a dozen people who believe that the tidal power turbines have been killing fish for decades and nobody has been doing anything about it.

Protestors on Annapolis Royal causeway want end to fish kills

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Firefighters responded to a house fire in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County, the evening of Feb. 11. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Dispatch info, pass it on: Homeowners and businesses with security systems reminded to make sure their providers know of changes from Yarmouth dispatch

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

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James Kenny, 59.

UPDATE: RNC has located missing man James Kenny

Updated a day ago

RCMP Corporal Jennifer Clarke says given the potential outcome of speeding, it’s just not worth taking the risk.

Not a victimless crime: First responders say speeding-related accidents affect many lives

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

Const. David Bourden has seen the best and the worst of highway drivers on both the Veteran’s Memorial Highway, as well as the Trans-Canada Highway.

VIDEO: Speeding, distracted driving go hand-in-hand says RCMP officer

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Parents in the province have been complaining for years about the 1.6-km school busing policy, with many citing safety as their reason. — File photo

Red light school bus violations on the rise again this school year in southwestern N.S.

Published Jan 09, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

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People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers facing layoffs

Updated 13 hours ago

Firefighters responded to a house fire in Pinkney's Point, Yarmouth County, the evening of Feb. 11. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Dispatch info, pass it on: Homeowners and businesses with security systems reminded to make sure their providers know of changes from Yarmouth dispatch

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 1:50 p.m.

A long-term care expert panel appointed by the provincial Liberals is due to release its report on Tuesday.

Nova Scotia long-term care panel’s report expected Tuesday

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

Arnold Townsend reaches out to pet the deer rescued in Gunning Cove, Shelburne County, on Jan. 9. DAVE SYER PHOTO

VIDEO: Catch of the day – Shelburne County fisherman rescues deer with lobster vessel in Gunning Cove

Updated Jan 16, 2019 at 2:51 p.m.

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The 12-inch, 128-pound Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope owned by Glenn Roberts commands attention – not to mention a good bit of space – in the amateur astronomer’s Stratford, P.E.I., apartment.

Blood moon rising: P.E.I. amateur astronomer urges Atlantic Canadians to look skyward Sunday

Members of the Halifax Mooseheads and Moncton Wildcats battle during Saturday's QMJHL game at the Scotiabank Centre. (Ryan Taplin/Staff)

Mooseheads beat rival Wildcats 5-1

People turned out for a rally and march on Jan. 19 to show their support to four Yarmouth fire dispatchers. TINA COMEAU PHOTO

Rally held in Yarmouth to give support and thanks to fire dispatchers facing layoffs

Jim Vibert

VIBERT: Public perception of health care sags

It felt like Christmas morning when my computers arrived! It has been a lot of work, but worth every minute of it!

CINDY DAY: I couldn’t have done it without you!

Shelburne Roseway Hospital. (Tina Comeau)

Shelburne Roseway Hospital closure during Jan. 20-21 timeframe due to lack of physician availability

James Kenny, 59.

UPDATE: RNC has located missing man James Kenny

Daren White stands behind the howling snow-wolf he created on his front lawn on Winston Ave. in Amherst. It took about three hours to build. “I took my shovel and started making a pile until it was up to my eyes, and then I packed it and carved away what wasn’t a wolf,” said White. Once he was happy with the results, he painted it.

Cumberland County man's Great Canadian Snowman Challenge goes global

Seven-year-old Sophia LeBlanc received the Act of Heroism Award from Staff Sgt. Craig Learning on Jan. 16 at the RCMP detachment in Amherst. Her mom, Candice Hicks, said she is very proud of her daughter and how she stayed calm after their vehicle crashed into the river just north of Oxford on Nov. 1.

Seven-year-old Amherst hero recognized helping her family after car crashed into river

Businesses that no longer contribute to pension plans for their employees should have to pay more into the Canada Pension Plan, Russell Wangersky argues. —

RUSSELL WANGERSKY: Businesses should share the pension pain

Canada Dry Ginger Ale — made with real ginger, or not? —

EDITORIAL: Ginger debate bubbles over

Margaret Paul wrote a poem for her late brother Terrance Johnson of Potlotek First Nation on what would have been his 50th birthday - May, 28, 2015. Johnson died by suicide when he was just 29 years old.

A decade after suicide attempts, Mi’kmaq woman has found clarity